Ms ?mer Deane:

I thank the Deputy. Obviously, the A5 is a flagship project. Everyone has waited a very long time. There was another tragedy on it this week. It is a cross-Border infrastructural project but it is also about road safety. We hope that can commence this year. For that reason, the Government decided that now is the time to be clear about the supports that it can provide to that really important project, as the Deputy said, and the link projects, such as Clontibret to the Border and, on the far side, the Donegal TEN-T project.

Phase 2 of the Ulster Canal project is about to be completed. We should see finished that in April or May. Preparation for phase 3 is under way.